Molecular characterization of plasmid-mediated oxytetracycline resistance in Aeromonas salmonicida

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4194-4201

  Adams, C A ^a   Austin, B ^a   Meaden, P G ^a   McIntosh, D ^a,b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTETRACYCLINE;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FISH; FURUNCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031765101     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.11.4194-4201.1998     Document Type: Article

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